Nikolye
Well-Known Member
So this may seem a bit odd... I keep goats and they get a bit of kelp meal as a treat with some dried peas and sunflower seeds. I've been going outside of my safety soaper zone alot lately with all sorts of fun things and i just can't get the salt bar with kelp meal out of my mind. I mean this stuff stinks, its like opening a bucket of harbor every time and i can't wait to see if it carrys through. it has the consistency of coconut sugar but in bigger granules. I have never made a salt bar so i'm scared and excited like i always am(which is silly as i haven't stuffed a batch up entirely...yet)
so questions are as follows...
1.) I use soapcalc.. can i use it as normal for a salt bar, or do i need to figure these maths out on my own? i realize i would figure the salt amount on my own but will all the other things be fine? water/lye amounts wont go all silly because i've added a ridiculous amount of salt? I should be superfatting very high only if i use all tallow or coconut oil? if i use some other oils do i knock down the superfat?
2.) i have not tasted the goats kelp:sick: but i'm assuming its very salty, so i was thinking using half the amount of salt and filling half that with the kelp meal. This seems logical no?
3.) Does the amount of salt you use effect the outcome? meaning as a beginner in the salty world am i better off using say 70% of weight of oils or lower? and if so do i need to change my recipe or superfat? i've used a teaspoon or two of salt in regular bars but thats as far as my sea bar experience goes.
Thanks in advance!
so questions are as follows...
1.) I use soapcalc.. can i use it as normal for a salt bar, or do i need to figure these maths out on my own? i realize i would figure the salt amount on my own but will all the other things be fine? water/lye amounts wont go all silly because i've added a ridiculous amount of salt? I should be superfatting very high only if i use all tallow or coconut oil? if i use some other oils do i knock down the superfat?
2.) i have not tasted the goats kelp:sick: but i'm assuming its very salty, so i was thinking using half the amount of salt and filling half that with the kelp meal. This seems logical no?
3.) Does the amount of salt you use effect the outcome? meaning as a beginner in the salty world am i better off using say 70% of weight of oils or lower? and if so do i need to change my recipe or superfat? i've used a teaspoon or two of salt in regular bars but thats as far as my sea bar experience goes.
Thanks in advance!